The University of Oklahoma (Norman campus)
Regular session – September 12, 2011 – 3:30 p.m. – Jacobson Faculty Hall 102
office: Jacobson Faculty Hall 206
phone: 325-6789
e-mail: facsen@ou.edu web site: http://www.ou.edu/admin/facsen/
The Faculty Senate was called
to order by Professor Georgia Kosmopoulou, Chair.
PRESENT: Adams,
Apanasov, Ayres, Baer, Bemben, Bergey, Buckley, Burns, Cox-Fuenzalida, Devegowda,
Fagg, Grady, Gramoll, Hahn, Jean-Marie, Keresztesi, Klein, Kosmopoulou, Loon, Marsh-Matthews,
McPherson, Minter, Morrissey, Morvant, Moses, Moxley, Natale, Nelson, A. Palmer,
G. Palmer, Ransom, Soreghan, Stock, Stoltenberg, Taylor, Vehik, Verma, Williams,
Zhang
Provost's office representative: Mergler
Graduate College liaison: Griffith
ISA representatives: Cook, Crawford,
Hough
ABSENT: Chang,
Chapple, Chiodo, Kimball, Leseney, Park, Tabb, Wydra, Xiao, Zhu
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Announcements:
Senate members for 2011-12 and schedule of meetings
Faculty Senate and Regular Faculty parliamentarian
2010-11 annual council reports
Faculty membership on committees
Disposition by administration of Senate actions for 2010-11
Faculty deaths
Search committee, Library dean
Choral Union
Sooner Kids Club
State of the University address by President Boren
United Way
Benefits: benefits enrollment, retiree medical, OTRS changes,
retirement plans management
Election, Faculty Senate Secretary
Senate Chair's Report:
Institutional Review Board electronic submission
Women’s issues
Research residual funds
Faculty Advisory Council to the State Regents, OTRS
Faculty issues for 2011-12
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The Faculty Senate Journal
for the regular session of May 9, 2011 was approved.
A list of the Faculty Senate
members is attached. The new members were introduced at the
meeting.
The regular meetings of the
Faculty Senate for 2011-12 will be held at 3:30 p.m. on the following Mondays
in Jacobson Faculty Hall 102: September 12, October 10, November 14, December
12, January 23, February 13, March 12, April 9, and May 7.
The Senate Executive
Committee elected Prof. W. Murray Tabb (Law) as parliamentarian of the Faculty
Senate and Regular Faculty.
The compilation of the
2010-11 annual reports of University councils was e-mailed July 28 to the
Faculty Senate members and to chairs, directors and deans to make available to
the general faculty. The reports are available
online at http://www.ou.edu/admin/facsen/cnclrep11.htm.
The 2011-12 list of faculty appointments to committees is available on
the Faculty Senate web site at http://www.ou.edu/admin/facsen/commem11.htm.
Summary record of the disposition by the
administration of Faculty Senate actions for September 2010 to August 2011:
|
|
Date
of Senate meeting |
Item* |
Origin |
Disposition
by administration; Date |
|
1 |
10-11-10 |
Faculty appointments to
councils/committees |
Faculty Senate |
Appointed;
10-15-10 |
|
2 |
10-11-10 |
Academic integrity policy |
Provost office |
Welcomed
and encouraged dialog; 10-15-10 |
|
3 |
2-14-11 |
Resolution, Roth
contribution option for 403(b) and 457(b) |
Faculty Welfare Comm. |
RPMC
agreed to incorporate, 3‑21-11 |
|
4 |
3-21-11 |
Resolution of sympathy,
Regent Larry Wade |
Faculty Senate |
Thanked;
4-1-11 |
|
5 |
4-11-11 |
Student Enrollment Changes
(withdrawals) |
Graduation & Retention
Task Force, Academic Regulations Comm. |
Approved;
4-15-11 |
|
6 |
4-11-11 |
Honors Council dissolution |
Honors Council |
Approved;
4-15-11 |
|
7 |
5-9-11 |
Resolution, wellness |
Faculty Welfare Comm. |
Approved;
5-11-11 |
|
8 |
5-9-11 |
Faculty appointments to
councils/committees |
Faculty Senate |
Appointed;
5-26-11 |
*Full text of recommendation can be found in Faculty
Senate Journal for date indicated at left
The Faculty Senate is sad to
report the deaths of retired faculty members Walter Dillard (Zoology) on May 7,
Dan Gibbens (Law) on June 5, Mel Tolson (Modern
Languages, Lit., & Ling.) on July 31, and David Whitney (Sociology) on July
31.
The Faculty Senate nominated
two faculty members for the faculty-at-large position on the Library dean
search committee. From the nominations,
the administration selected Prof. Cecelia Brown (Library & Information
Studies) to serve. The search committee
will be chaired by Provost Nancy Mergler.
Faculty members who like to
sing are invited to join the OU Choral Union, an ensemble for faculty, staff,
and community members. Rehearsals usually
are in the evenings. An information
meeting will be held Tuesday, September 13, at 7:00 p.m. in Catlett Music
Center, room 128. For further
information, contact Steve Rice at sing@ou.edu
or 325-3993 or visit http://choirs.ou.edu/.
Students 8th grade
and under are invited to join the OU Sooner Kids Club. By joining this exclusive club they can
receive the following benefits: FREE
admission to select OU Athletic events, Official Membership Package (includes
Sooner Kids Club t-shirt, membership credential, and OU themed gifts), monthly
SKC updates via e-mail, free gifts when attending selected events, free
admission to the Spring Football Game, birthday cards from Boomer and Sooner,
the opportunity to meet OU student-athletes and coaches, and early admission to
“Meet the Sooners Day.” Membership is
$30 per child (each additional child is $25) for July 1, 2011 through June 1,
2012. For further information, contact the OU Athletics Department at 325-6353
or e-mail soonerkidsclub@ou.edu.
State of the
University address by President David Boren
Prof. Kosmopoulou thanked
President Boren for making possible the renovation of the Faculty Senate
meeting room (Jacobson 102), which includes videoconferencing equipment.
President Boren said he thinks
these are the best of times and the most challenging of times. We have achieved a high point in terms of
intellectual vitality on campus. Last
year, we reached the Carnegie Foundation’s highest tier of research activity,
which has been a goal for a long time. The
number of national and international awards and recognitions received by our
faculty this last year was extraordinary.
On the student side, the average ACT for incoming freshmen is slightly
above 26 for the first time in OU history, while we were having the largest
freshman enrollment—over 4,000 students.
We have strengthened our lead in the total number of national merit
scholars and are number one among public universities in the country in terms
of the National Merit Scholars enrolled.
We are feeling greater intellectual vitality because of the percentage of
students who are studying abroad. Nationally,
only 1-2 percent of college students study abroad, and five percent take a language. This year, around 25 percent of OU’s students
will have a study abroad experience during their OU career. That number has been growing about 16 percent
each year. Within 5-6 years, we will
approach 50 percent. The Honors College
continues to expand its book clubs and is spreading beyond the boundaries of
the Honors College. Some of our new studies
programs and institutes have been putting on interesting events, seminars and
public forums, which increase the intellectual vitality on campus. The awards won by our students have been
incredible. We just announced our 28th
Rhodes Scholar. This has been a high
water mark for OU in terms of the quality of the faculty and the student body, together
with an excellent supporting staff. President
Boren’s goal is to keep that kind of momentum moving forward.
In terms of challenges, we have
absorbed almost $100 million over the last three years in cuts by the state of
Oklahoma and fixed cost increases that were not covered. The fact that we have been able to move
forward is really incredible. He said, “My
thanks go to you, because without the extra effort to squeeze out more and to
do more with less, we certainly could not have made the progress we have made.”
He said in spite of the cutbacks, we provided compensation increases in the
three percent area. There comes a time,
however, when we really cannot keep squeezing out more with fewer resources.
Referring to charts he
distributed at the meeting (available from the Faculty Senate office), President Boren said public higher education across the
country is in a fight for its survival.
Only seven percent of Virginia’s budget comes from the state. Our percentage of the budget coming from the
state has declined consistently. State
appropriations were 31.3 percent in FY95 and now are 18 percent in FY12. Tuition and fees have gone from 16.2 percent
of the budget in 1995 to 27.6 percent now ($44.3 million to $224.5
million). It is almost a direct shift
from state appropriations to student tuition and fees as a percentage of our
budget. This shift is causing us to
decline internationally in the percentage of this age group that is going to
college. In eight years the U.S. has
gone from first to twelfth. If we are
going to maintain our position in the world, we must be the best educated and
trained. If we are reducing access to
that population, we are doing tremendous damage to the future of this
country. We have had some increase in Grants
& Contracts -- from $46.6 million to $140.1 million – at a time when federal
funding of research has fallen. Other
E&G (private gifts) went from $20 million in FY95 to $70 million in FY12. State appropriations as a percentage of the
total budget were 38.6 percent in FY85 and have fallen to 18 percent now. That really tells what is happening in terms
of the disinvestment in public higher education. At what point are you no longer a public university? Our Health Sciences Center is down to 11.7
percent, and the medical school has only 8 percent coming from the state. This should be of tremendous concern to all
of us. One of the great things is that a
lot of dollars that came in privately were for scholarships. That has helped our students cope with
increasing costs for tuition and fees, but many of the best and brightest are
being pushed out before they receive their college degrees. Public higher education has always been far
more affordable than private higher education.
What happens when public universities become private universities all
across this country? It will have a
dramatic impact on opportunities for the next generation.
Budgeted administrative
overhead costs, which are figures kept by the state regents, have been cut in
half since 1994. Annual giving as of June
30 was $144.1 million. In the 1980s we
were averaging about $15 million per year.
We have been able to keep the momentum going through the additional work
by the faculty and staff, research overhead reimbursement, and increases in private
gifts. That is not a sustainable
solution. Over the last 17 years, $1.6
billion has been given to this University in private donations. President Boren said, “Think where we would be
in terms of the quality of our programs had it not been for the generosity of the
supporters of this University.” Overall,
most donors allow the University to use the funds for our central academic
mission. Permanent endowment funds are
above $1.2 billion. Endowed chairs and
professorships continue to grow. We
still have approximately $100 million in donations for endowed chairs waiting
to be matched by the state. We continue
to hold up in total library volumes and expenditures in the digital areas of
our library. We had the largest jump
ever in graduation rates. Now we are at
67 percent, which is high for a public University, but we want to keep moving. We made dramatic improvement over the last
five years in the student-faculty ratio; for this fall it is still below
17. Faculty salaries and benefits,
adjusted for cost of living, rank fourth in the Big 12. Compensation remains
very important. If we are going to
attract and keep quality faculty, we have to keep doing our best to get
increased appropriations. Revenue
collections for the state are going up. There
is every reason to believe the legislature will give priority to funding higher
education and common education. We
cannot have quality higher education without quality common education. The hope is for modest increases in
appropriations this year. OU is 12th
in terms of nonresident tuition and fees and 11th in resident
tuition and fees in the Big 12. The
system of public higher education in the country is the biggest overall, overarching
challenge we face. OU’s growth in
research not only helps our budget but has a huge impact on the economy of the
state. In central Oklahoma, in
university biomedical research alone, 40,000 new jobs were created directly and
indirectly over the last 20 years, according to the state Chamber of Commerce. People who are doing research are advancing knowledge,
bringing their results with excitement into the classroom, and providing an enormous
economic benefit to the state. Even
undergraduates are actively involved in research projects with members of the
faculty. Unfortunately, in some states,
faculty members are punished for using their time in research activities. President Boren said he hopes we can turn this
around and begin to make progress.
The president commended the
Faculty Senate for bringing to his attention the issue of smoking on
campus. He said there seems to be an
increase in cigarette butts on campus.
It is not only unsightly but expensive.
In an email, Mr. Allen King, Landscape director, wrote that the
University is now paying $156,000 a year for cleaning up litter; $45,000
directly related to cleaning up cigarette butts. In terms of wellness, smoking is a serious
problem. It is the largest preventable cause
of disease, disability, and death in this country. One out of five deaths last
year was attributable to cigarette smoking.
A report on CNN indicated that 600 more campuses across American have
gone tobacco free in the last three years.
Public understanding of the health issues has increased. It is time for us to take action. His intention is to appoint a committee with
representation from faculty, staff, and students to make recommendations on
implementing a policy to move us to a tobacco-free campus. The policy would go into effect the first day
of next semester. The cigarette butts
around campus are shocking aesthetically and financially. Our Health Sciences Center already is a tobacco
free environment. He said he would
appreciate the Faculty Senate’s help and support in how to implement the
changes.
In closing, President Boren
noted that these are challenging times, not only for us, but for the future of
our country if we do not continue to provide access to quality higher
education. We will do lasting damage to
this country if we undercut the opportunities for the next generation. OU has been able to maintain its courses and
not cut back significantly on course offerings or lay off faculty. Any shrinkage in staff has been through
attrition. He said he knows how much the
faculty energy is directly responsible for the increase in intellectual
vitality on campus.
Prof. Burns asked whether
state revenues had bottomed out. President
Boren replied that state revenues have increased close to 20 percent over last
year. Oil and gas still play a very
great role in the state economy. Even
$85 oil is bringing in additional state revenues. The first obligation is to get the budget
balanced before further revenue changes are considered. We are $100 million below our benchmark of four
years ago. We cannot continue to have
cuts without sacrificing both quality and access for our students. He said he was guardedly optimistic about the
revenue figures.
Mr. Chase Cook, managing
editor of The Oklahoma Daily, asked
whether the conference realignment would have any effect on the issues the
president had mentioned. President Boren
said he did not think it would cause any difference. The tuition law says we cannot be above the average
of the Big 12. It is what the Big 12 was
when the statute was written, which included Nebraska, Colorado, and Texas A&M. He said he
would not ask our legislature to change what we use as a comparative group. The states around us have similar costs of
living, per capita income, and so on. It
makes sense, for the purpose of tuition and fees, to be a bargain in our own
region. Mr. Cook asked whether
legislators might advocate for a different comparative group to bring in higher
tuition since they have cut out budget. President
Boren answered that he would not think the legislators would take it out on our
students. Over half of the college graduates
in the state are from OU and OSU. The two
schools have the same approach to this question. OU will not go one way and OSU another. We have been fortunate that the University’s academic
budget continues to receive $3-4 million a year from the athletics department. Football season ticket holders pay an
academic surcharge. While we face these
challenges, it has been one incredible year.
Prof. Kosmopoulou pointed out that the Faculty Senate executive
committee has open communication with the president. She encouraged the senators to bring issues,
and the committee could discuss them with President Boren. President Boren urged the senators to pass along
any concerns.
UNITED WAY
Mr. Daniel Pullin, vice
president for Strategic Planning and Economic Development and co-chair of OU’s United
Way campaign, said he was aware that the faculty had been very active in the
past in supporting the campaign. He said
he appreciated everyone’s past contributions.
United Way kicked off September 9 with a Walk-a-Thon and concludes November
11 with a chili cook-off. The goal this
year is $215,000. Additional information
will be sent by way of the divisions and departments.
BENEFITS
Human Resources Director
Julius Hilburn said he would update the senate on the group insurance renewal
for 2012, retiree medical, changes that have occurred with the Oklahoma
Teachers Retirement System (OTRS), and the transition
to a consolidated program for our defined contribution plans managed by
Fidelity (slides available from the Faculty Senate office).
The health insurance renewal
for 2012 is very favorable. Our contract
with Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) was through this year. We chose to negotiate with BCBS rather than
go to the market place. With a combination
of good experience plus some modest changes in the plan, the premium for the PPO
will go down about two percent. The good
experience results from our employees being thoughtful consumers of health care
and the benefits from our wellness initiatives.
The HMO is going up one percent and will now be more expensive than the
PPO option. Usually the annual increase
is in the 7-10 percent range. There will
be no change in the premiums for the Community Care HMO on the Tulsa campus. Currently, two-thirds of our employees are in
the PPO and one-third are in the HMO. A couple of plan design changes will occur in
2012. In the PPO, BCBS will introduce a
point of service option in which employees can elect to use a new, smaller
network and receive an enhanced benefit.
Many employees will be able to use the same providers and have lower
co-pays and deductibles. The prescription
drug benefit will be standardized for the PPO and HMO. The fee for generic drugs will be reduced
from $15 to $10. Because the HMO has the
most generous benefits, some changes were made in order to keep the rate increase
to one percent. The HMO will have a $300
deductible, and the co-pay on expensive imaging procedures will increase from
$35 to $100. Because the premiums for
the HMO will be more expensive than the PPO and the plan design will be changed,
it will be important to communicate the differences in the options so that
employees will make decisions based on what makes the most sense for them, not
just on premiums. The premiums for dental
will go up six percent, vision will go down five percent, long-term disability will
be reduced up to 50 percent, and supplemental life and long-term care will not change. The annual enrollment period will be the end
of October and beginning of November.
The reason the retiree medical
plan is being reviewed is from 2008 to 2010, retiree medical costs increased
from $6.3 million to $9.2 million, and the number of retirees increased 16
percent, from 1767 to 2056 retirees. We
have to pay attention to our spending in all areas because we are getting less
public support and the credit rating agencies look at our ability to pay for
our post-retirement benefit obligation. In
2008 President Boren appointed a committee that issued a report in fall
2009. The recommendations were thoughtful
but complex, and there were sharp distinctions in what was being borne by certain
groups of employees. Based on the
feedback from the campus community, Human Resources and OU’s benefit consultants
modified the original proposal to make it simpler, spread the impact more
evenly, and make moderate changes that affect a broad number of people rather
than significant changes that impact only a few. There were seven unique groups in the
original report. The proposal is to have
two groups, those who become eligible to retire before December 31, 2014 and
those become eligible after that date.
The only difference is the second group would pay part of the premium
once they retire, and the premium would be based on age and length of OU service. A guiding principle has been to shield those
who have retired or are close to retirement from significant change but
introduce a change for those who have time to prepare. Pre-65 retirees have the same medical plan as
current employees. At age 65 Medicare
becomes the primary insurer for retirees, and the OU plan supplements the
Medicare coverage. Currently OU pays anything
that Medicare does not pay. It is a very
expensive plan for the University to support.
Human Resources (HR) is proposing some modest changes as of January 1,
2013: introduce a $300 deductible,
reduce the out-of-pocket maximum from $3000 to $1500, and change to the exclusion
method of coordinating with Medicare. With
the exclusion method, after Medicare pays, OU would apply its plan provisions,
currently 80 percent, to the balance. This
method pays better than what the committee recommended (carve-out method). Retirees would have a one-time opt-out option
if other coverage was available. Mr.
Hilburn has made presentations to the retiree associations for the Norman
campus and Health Sciences Center, and they had record attendance at both
meetings. President Boren has encouraged
HR to share this alternate proposal with the campus community and solicit
feedback. Over the next couple of months,
HR will have town hall meetings to try to refine the proposal and then make a
recommendation to President Boren by the end of the year.
Prof. Kosmopoulou clarified
that the out-of-pocket maximum for retirees has to do with the original recommendation,
not the current plan, because now everything is paid. Mr. Hilburn said that was correct. Prof. Kosmopoulou asked for information on
the age and service table that will be used to calculate the amount people will
pay on a monthly basis. Mr. Hilburn said
he did not bring the matrix with him but it is the same as the one in the original
recommendation. The longer the OU
service and the later the employee starts participating in the retiree medical
benefit, the more subsidy the University will provide. One issue that will bear some discussion is
whether December 31, 2014 is the right date to make the cut off. Participation will be based on when employees
become eligible to retire, not when they leave the University. The University does not want to do anything
that will motivate employees to leave by a certain date.
Prof. Apanasov noted that these
recommendations were quite different from the committee’s recommendations. He asked whether Mr. Hilburn expected to work
with the committee to make adjustments. Mr.
Hilburn said he did not plan to re-establish the committee. The committee met over three years and ended
with a thoughtful set of recommendations but difficult to implement. He said we are trying to satisfy the
motivations of the committee with a much simpler recommendation. The revised proposal will be taken directly
to employees and to the Employment Benefits Committee and Faculty Welfare
Committee, and their feedback will be used to refine the final proposal. Prof. Apanasov said he thought it was more
effective to work with a committee that could look at details, get feedback
from the community, and be a voice of the whole community. Mr. Hilburn said he was not averse to sharing
with the original committee, but this issue has been studied for 3-4 years, the
HR staff believes it understands the issues and options well, and we need to
move on.
The legislature made some
changes this year to the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System (OTRS) because public
pension plans in Oklahoma are underfunded.
Effective for people who join OTRS on or after November 1, normal
retirement age increases from 62 to 65, and the age for drawing early reduced
retirement increases from 55 to 60.
Hourly employees, who are not mandated to make an immediate decision
about whether to join OTRS, are being notified that if they want to join OTRS,
they should understand the benefit of joining by November 1. Employees who are over age 45 when hired must
make an irrevocable election within 90 days of employment as to whether they
want to be in the Optional Retirement Plan or OTRS. The 600 employees who never made an election have
been notified that they must do so by October 11, or they will be put in
OTRS. OTRS provides a great option, but it
requires a contribution by employees.
Mr. Nick Kelly, HR Assistant
Director, discussed the transition to Fidelity Investments as the record keeper
for our defined contribution plans. HR
has had meetings in more than 90 departments across all three campuses. About 2000 employees have met individually
with Fidelity representatives. The deadline
to make decisions is October 26, and the migration to Fidelity is effective November
1. The transition guide explains whether
account balances can stay where they are or need to be transferred depending on
the investment company. Going forward,
employees need to make choices on where their new investments will go. A lot of information is on the HR web site,
and Fidelity representatives are on campus to meet with employees. Prof. Apanasov noted that the Fidelity target
date retirement fund is the default choice.
If someone is near retirement age but plans to work longer, his/her assets
will be put into an option he/she may not want.
Mr. Kelly explained that HR will do all it can to communicate to people
that they need to make a choice. Target
date retirement funds are a good choice for some people. Employees who do not make a choice and are defaulted
to a target date fund maintain the option to move their funds any time they
want. Prof. Burns asked whether it would
be possible to put funds in a Roth. Mr. Kelly
said there will be a Roth 403b option as of November 1. Prof. Natale asked about the hardship
plan. Mr. Kelly answered that hardship
withdrawals and loans now will be available in the 403b plan as of November
1. Prof. Ayres pointed out that people
in TIAA-CREF do not have to change their existing balances. Mr. Kelly said the money in TIAA-CREF can
stay there or be transferred. Going
forward, the TIAA-CREF choice in the core line up will be a traditional annuity
that has a 7-year restriction on withdrawal instead of the current 10-year
restriction. Prof. Ransom said some
people seem to think OTRS is going to be under the Fidelity umbrella. Mr. Kelly said that is not possible. It is a separate pension program.
The Faculty Senate approved
the nomination of Fran Ayres (Accounting) to replace Abi
Asojo (Interior Design) as the Faculty Senate Secretary for 2011-12.
OU’s IRB opened up access to
its new university-wide electronic submission system, iRIS,
on the Norman campus October 3, 2011. iRIS is web based and accessible
through any browser. For additional
information, contact Donna Lewis, donna.j.lewis-1@ou.edu or irb@ou.edu. Ms. Lewis will come to the October Faculty
Senate meeting to explain the new system.
The Provost’s Advisory Committee for Women’s Issues (PACWI) has
developed a series of peer mentoring opportunities during the fall semester directed
toward female faculty and administrators. Based on survey responses, the committee is
focusing initially on three broad areas: work-life balance, navigating
professional relationships in academia, and peer writing. Contact Prof. Megan Elwood Madden, melwood@ou.edu, for more details,
or send an e-mail to Prof. Kosmopoulou, and she will forward the information.
In the summer, Prof. Kosmopoulou visited with Vice President for
Research (VPR) Kelvin Droegemeier to discuss the residual funds policy.
According to this policy, funds associated with accounts moving into residual
status after July 1, 2010 must be spent within a year from entering residual
status. Responding to a concern that this policy would lead to hasty and
inefficient spending by investigators, the Faculty Senate executive committee
and the VPR discussed the possibility of a time extension so that anyone having
such funds would have to spend them not within one but within three years from
the time they enter into residual status. Contact Prof.
Kosmopoulou with comments or questions. The senate’s liaison with the VPR’s office on
this is now Prof. Liz Bergey, and she will let the executive committee and the
VPR know about the issues.
Prof. Kosmopoulou attended the May meeting of the Faculty Advisory
Council to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, and the council heard
from Executive Director of OTRS James Wilbanks. Prof. Kosmopoulou invited him to tell the
Faculty Senate about the changes in November.
ISSUES FOR 2011-12
Prof. Kosmopoulou noted that
the Faculty Senate is a forum for active dialog. She urged the senators to gather issues from their
constituents and send them to her. Concerns
will be discussed with the Faculty Senate executive committee and in the
senate. The Faculty Senate’s Faculty
Welfare Committee and Faculty Compensation Committee would like to hear about any
issues or concerns that the faculty may have.
The meeting adjourned at 5:17
p.m. The next regular session of the
Faculty Senate will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, October 10, 2011, in
Jacobson Faculty Hall 102.
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Sonya Fallgatter, Administrative Coordinator
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Fran Ayres, Faculty Secretary